China Business Visa Application Requirements (M Visa)

China Business M visa is Issued to those who intend to go to China for commercial and trade activities on behalf of a US business. It is usually issued for up to 60 days stay per visit and multiple entry valid up to 10 years for US passport holder, while it is usually issued up to 60 days stay per visit but only for single or double entry valid for 3 or 6 months for non-US passport holder. 10 years visa is not guaranteed. Chinese Consulate may issue you a visa with limited entry, shorter duration and validity at their discretion. In order to apply for China Business M Visa, please prepare and send in your application according to the detail requirement explained below.

Please prepare your application paperwork according to the instruction below

1 Actual passport, plus a photocopy of the name page

Please submit your actual passport. Visa will be issued in the passport.

Passport should have at least 2 blank visa pages. The last 3 pages in US passports are not visa pages. These are amendment pages, reserved by the US Department of State for amendment to the passport. They won't be acceptable for visas. If your passport has no blank visa pages left, you may add additional visa pages. If you need passport services, please visit our expedited passport services section.

If you have a valid China visa in another passport, you will need to submit that passport together with the new passport when applying for a new visa.

An formal invitation letter issued by a company or institution in
mainland China.

The invitation letter issued by the Chinese company or institution must include all the 8 elements below:

Applicant's
personal information such as: name,
date of birth, passport number, full name of the company which the applicant works for in the US and the job
title

Major purpose of the visit (what kind of business)

City the applicant will visit

Date of arrival and departure (only dates for the first trip is needed)

What kind of relationship between the Chinese company and the US company?

Who will bear the cost of the applicant's accommodations in
China?

China inviting person's information such as: full name, job title, detail company address, fax , phone number of the inviter

Official seal of the company and signature of the inviter

Invitation letter from Chinese company or institution must be printed
on their official letterhead, showing company address, phone and fax number.
The letter must also bear the official seal of the company or institution.

The invitation letter should avoid using these words such as "training", "working" or "internship".

Good quality scanned or fax copy of the invitation letter is acceptable in
most cases. However, original invitation and/or personal interview may
be requested at Consulate's discretion.

This is the best way to tell us your application is
coming as well as your return address and contact information so that confirmation
and status updated can be sent to you via email.

Multiple applicants can be entered using one service request form.

Please print two copies of the confirmation page.

Please include one copy with the documents you ship to
us and keep one copy for your records.

6 Payment for visa processing, service and shipping

Chose
A
Service Level

Time
needed

All
Fees

Review

Processing

Shipping

Embassy
Fee

Service
Fee

Shipping

Total

Regular Service

1 day

7-15 days

1 day

$140

$89

$29

$258

Express Service

1 day

5-6 days

1 day

$140

$149

$29

$318

Express Plus Service

1 day

2-4 days

1 day

$165

$179

$29

$373

Express Plus is not available for all states, please click here or call for details.

Processing time means the time Chinese Consulate needs to process visa application. It doesn't include the return shipping time. Day of receiving is not processing day.

Time needed shown is based on business days.

Remarks:

We accept money order, cashiers check, certified check or cash. Please make check or money order payable to VisaRite Service. and write your service request confirmation number in the memo.

You can write the total amount on one check or money order, no need to send separate checks or money order.

Personal check or starter check is not acceptable.

You may also pay by credit card. If you select this option, please fill out and sign one credit card charge authorization form and enclose it in your application package. Credit card payment is subject to 3% surcharge.

If you have paid online, please include a copy of payment confirmation email with your application. Do not send in the credit card payment authorization form if you have paid online.

Return shipping fee listed is for return addresses within the continental U.S. If your return address is in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico or Canada, please include an extra extended delivery area fee of $10.00 per order. If you need to ship back to other international address, additional fee and time is needed, please call for detail.

7 Additional requirement based on jurisdiction

Although the requirement for Chinese visa largely remains the same across different Chinese Consulates, there are some special rules pertaining to each different Consulate. Click here to see if there is additional requirement for your jurisdiction.